Updated Pics of Anery Radix

[mtolypetsupply]

Now I know what I'll do when I win the lottery.

I'll build a nice lab, get some of every garter there is, and hire the best scientists to map out the garter DNA and chromatophores and anything else we don't yet know with 100% certainty about our snakes. They will determine once and for all, with scientific proof what genes and chromatophores are responsible for each and every morph of garter there is. Then, we will know definitively what axanthic is, what anery is, etc.

At that point, you can all lavish praise and adulation upon me for my very important investment in the garter world. I'll, of course, say, "Aw, shucks, it wasn't me, it was Dr.s So-and so." so as to appear humble.

After the major discoveries, the lab will be available for genetic testing of your snakes, if anyone ever questions what you claim it to be. So be nice to me. One day, I swear I'm going to win that lottery, and the nicer you are, the cheaper your testing will be.



PS If you pick apart this post for incorrect terminology, etc. your fees are forever doubled. The correct way to correct such a future (albeit fantasy) important person to the garter world is to wait until the lab is nearly completed, and ask to be an advisor, and tactfully correct me in private.

ALL HAIL STEPHI!!!!!



Sorry, feeling a little silly today.

[Mommy2many]

I'll second the All Hail Stephi! as I would love to be an advisor on that board. I love that you have great aspirations and who knows? It may very well come true, (as we all hope!)

[drache]

can I get a job there?

[ConcinusMan]

like i said...CLUELESS!

non red snakes just cant be anery

Now when you said that, I had come right out and say you're wrong. And you call me clueless! The difference between the gray to nearly black snakes that are anery is that they take away the action of normal color gene, leaving behind melanin. The melanistic gene is a mutation that adds dark pigment, thus drowning out the other colors. It doesn't take away anything. The difference between anery and melanistic radixes is the ACTION of the gene. Combine them with say, albino genes and the outcome between an anery radix and a melanistic one becomes clear.

The gene that this anery radix has will NOT add melanin when combined with albino, it only takes away color. Melanistic adds it. Two totally different actions.


A snake does NOT have to normally appear red to be anery!

Sorry I didn't have time to explain it before.

[BUSHSNAKE]

ok Richard call me and ill tell ya what i think

[infernalis]

Anerythristic (anerythristic A, Sometimes called black albino) The inherited recessive mutation of lacking erythrin (red, yellow, and orange) pigments produces a snake that is mostly black or gray.

Melanism (also known as melanosis; from Greek μελανός, "dark-colored") is the occurrence of an increased amount of dark pigmentation (as of skin, feathers, eyes or hair) in an organism, resulting from the presence of melanin. It is the opposite of leucism and albinism, which occur because of a lack of melanin or other types of pigment.

[Stefan-A]

Anerythristic (anerythristic A, Sometimes called black albino)

Copied that from a corn snake page, didn't you?

[drache]

only marginally on topic: anerythristic is Mikhaila's favourite word to use when playing hangman with new acquaintances

[infernalis]

Copied that from a corn snake page, didn't you?

yep, you got me there Stefan... I googled Erythristic just so I could find a proper definition.

[ConcinusMan]

ok Richard call me and ill tell ya what i think

I thought I just did that. If the only arguments you have is that a non-red snake can't be anery, and just because it's mostly black or gray it must be melanistic, then it's pointless to continue. While you're at it, why not also say that it's round, it's red, it has a stem, it grows on trees, so it must be an apple. Good luck with breeding your cherries to your apples.